The 6 Basic Kettlebell Exercises To Add To You Beginners Workout

Adding basic kettlebell exercise into your beginner kettlebell workout cna be a great way to take the first few steps into a consistent workout routine. Keep the weight light and the movements simple and you’ll flow through your sessions.

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Sean Klein
Written by
Sean Klein
Published on
05/05/22
Last updated
23/04/24
In This Resource
  • Add Kettlebells Into Your Workout Programme
  • The 6 Basic Kettlebell Exercises To Make You Strong
  • Benefits Of Basic Kettlebell Exercises
  • Flow Through Workouts
  • Kettlebells Can Still Create Large Stimulus
  • Used To Create Full Body Resistance Training Sessions
  • Basic Beginner Kettlebell Workout

Tired of being given complex exercises where you just cant seem to get the technique right? It can be frustrating when trying to make your kettlebell training session when the internet is full of so much noise and complexity when it come to training. Thats why we've created the list of 6 basic kettlebell exercises you can do anywhere, we've even put them altogether into a full body workout, let’s have a look!

Add Kettlebells Into Your Workout Programme

The 6 Basic Kettlebell Exercises To Make You Strong

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Lower Body
Squat
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Lower Body
Hinge
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Upper Body
Horizontal Press
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Upper Body
Vertical Press
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Core
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Benefits Of Basic Kettlebell Exercises

Flow Through Workouts

Basic kettlebell exercises are great from beginner to advanced practitioners. Just because an exercises is basic and simple doesn’t mean it cant be extremely effective. Sometimes working out can be really tough to get started and keeping all the exercise really simple so you can flow through them without much thought process is a huge upside.

Kettlebells Can Still Create Large Stimulus

Having a few sessions like these in your back pocket can be the difference between being consistent and not. Also for beginners they are invaluable as they allow relatively low skill exercises to have a large stimulus, whereas complex exercises may require the use of weights so light that the only adaptation is skill acquisition.

Used To Create Full Body Resistance Training Sessions

These exercises can be used to create a full session and target a large variety of movement patterns. We have put them into a training session for you below. They are also excellent when done in any form of strength and conditioning programme for either health or athletic performance.

Basic Beginner Kettlebell Workout

Warm Up

  • Top of Press Up Hold
  • KB Counterbalance Squat
  • RKC Plank
  • A1) Goblet Squat

    A2) KB Floor Press

    B1) KB Deadlift

    B2) Half Kneeling KB Press

    C1) KB Suitcase Hold

    C2) Half Kneeling Halo Rotation

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    This resource was written by Sean Klein. Sean Richard Klein has thousands of hours of coaching experience and a BSc in Sports Science with Management from Loughborough University. He owns a gym in Bayonne France, CrossFit Essor, which runs group classes and a Personal training studio.

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